Connector assembly and connector assembly mounted structure

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector, the first connector having a first contact and a mounting portion together with a projecting portion which passes through a through-hole of a connector holding plate to project on a side of a second face of the connector holding plate along a fitting direction when the first connector is mounted on a first face of the connector holding plate through the mounting portion, the second connector having a second contact and a second contact holding portion which has a first connector receiving portion extending along the fitting direction and an abutment portion formed at an end of the second contact holding portion on a side of the first connector and configured to be abutted against the second face of the connector holding plate.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A connector assembly comprising: a first connector to be mounted on a first face of a connector holding plate having the first face and a second face which are oriented in opposite directions to each other; and a second connector to be fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction from a side of the second face of the connector holding plate,
 wherein the first connector has a first contact and a mounting portion, and has a projecting portion which passes through a through-hole of the connector holding plate to project on the side of the second face of the connector holding plate along the fitting direction when the first connector is mounted on the first face of the connector holding plate through the mounting portion, and which includes at least a part of the first contact, 
 wherein the second connector has a second contact and a second contact holding portion configured to hold the second contact, and the second contact holding portion has a first connector receiving portion extending along the fitting direction and an abutment portion formed at an end of the second contact holding portion on a side of the first connector and configured to be abutted against the second face of the connector holding plate, and 
 wherein, when the second connector is fitted to the first connector from the side of the second face of the connector holding plate, at least a part of the projecting portion is received in the first connector receiving portion to bring the first contact and the second contact into contact with each other, and the abutment portion of the second contact holding portion can be abutted against the second face of the connector holding plate. 
 
     
     
       2. The connector assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein a part of the projecting portion of the first connector oriented in the fitting direction does not come into contact with the second connector when the second connector is fitted to the first connector. 
     
     
       3. The connector assembly according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the second contact holding portion has a lateral wall portion and a bottom portion that make up the first connector receiving portion, 
 wherein the abutment portion is formed by a face of the lateral wall portion oriented in the fitting direction, and 
 wherein the part of the projecting portion oriented in the fitting direction does not come into contact with the bottom portion of the second contact holding portion when the second connector is fitted to the first connector. 
 
     
     
       4. The connector assembly according to  claim 3 , wherein, when the second connector is fitted to the first connector, the lateral wall portion of the second contact holding portion has a portion that covers the projecting portion of the first connector over an entire circumferential area when viewed from the fitting direction. 
     
     
       5. The connector assembly according to  claim 4 , wherein, when the second connector is fitted to the first connector, the abutment portion comes into abutment against the second face of the connector holding plate over the entire circumferential area when viewed from the fitting direction. 
     
     
       6. The connector assembly according to  claim 1 , wherein a contact portion between the first contact and the second contact is located on a side of the second connector with respect to the first face of the connector holding plate when the second connector is fitted to the first connector. 
     
     
       7. The connector assembly according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the connector holding plate comprises a board having a surface that serves as the first face, 
 wherein the board has a mounting pad formed on the surface, and 
 wherein the mounting portion of the first connector is a soldering portion which is formed integrally with the first contact and is to be soldered to the mounting pad of the board. 
 
     
     
       8. The connector assembly according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the first connector has a first housing formed of a different member from the first contact and configured to hold the first contact, 
 wherein the projecting portion comprises a part of the first contact and a part of the first housing, and 
 wherein the second contact holding portion of the second connector comprises a second housing formed of a different member from the second contact. 
 
     
     
       9. The connector assembly according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the projecting portion comprises a part of the first contact, and 
 wherein the second contact and the second contact holding portion are formed of a single member. 
 
     
     
       10. A connector assembly mounted structure comprising:
 a connector holding plate having a first face and a second face oriented in opposite directions to each other and having a through-hole formed therein; 
 a first connector having a first contact and a mounting portion, and mounted on the first face of the connector holding plate through the mounting portion; and 
 a second connector having a second contact and a second contact holding portion configured to hold the second contact, the second connector being to be fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction from a side of the second face of the connector holding plate, 
 wherein the first connector has a projecting portion which passes through the through-hole of the connector holding plate to project on the side of the second face of the connector holding plate along the fitting direction and which includes at least a part of the first contact, 
 wherein the second contact holding portion of the second connector has a first connector receiving portion extending along the fitting direction and an abutment portion formed at an end of the second contact holding portion on a side of the first connector and configured to be abutted against the second face of the connector holding plate, and 
 wherein, when the second connector is fitted to the first connector from the side of the second face of the connector holding plate, at least a part of the projecting portion is received in the first connector receiving portion to bring the first contact and the second contact into contact with each other, and the abutment portion of the second contact holding portion can be abutted against the second face of the connector holding plate.